shamrock
The trefoil leaf of any small clover, especially Trifolium repens, or such a leaf from a clover-like plant, commonly used as a symbol of Ireland.
Example
“She wore a shamrock in honor of her Irish ancestry.”
Other meanings
Any of several species of small clover-like plant species, with trefoil leaves, especially Trifolium repens.
“The fields were covered with shamrocks.”
Related words
- shamrockery
- shamrocklike
- shamrocky
- wet the shamrock
Word history
From Irish "seamróg".
Where this comes from
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